Bank v. Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of' Tennessee. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The Bank of Commerce, plaintiff in this case, is a corporation created in 1856 by the legislature of Tennessee to engage in the business of discounting notes, buying and selling stock,1 dealing in exchange and gold and silver bullion, and receiving moneys on deposit. Its charter provides that it “ may purchase and hold a lot of ground for the use of the institution as ;a place of business, and at pleasure sell and exchange the sanie, and may hold such real or personal property and estate as njay be conveyed to it to secure debts due the institution, and máy sell and convey the same.” The…
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